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You could still pursue the owner of the other car for negligent entrustment if he, nevertheless, let the excluded party operate the vehicle - even more so if he was on notice that the driver was specifically excluded because there must be a good reason for it. It could be considered negligent to let a person use your car that you know is not allowed to operate it legally. And I say legally, because in every state you have to have insurance of some minimal type. In other words, if he knows she is not insured in his car - for whatever reason - and he knowingly lets her use it, he is responsible for causing an uninsured vehicle to cruise the public roads. That is a risk that should fall to him.
If he says he did not let her operate the vehicle you could still pursue him for failing to keep his car secure from her (did she have the keys?). Was she doing something for him with his car (picking up kids, getting groceries, etc . . .)?
In any event, your insurance company should be backing you up on this with legal advise and support. You pay your insurance to cover you in the event you are in a accident - your fault or not. Don't let them try weasel out on you.
Good luck.
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